Tag Archives: road travel

Summer is over now. Marge and the girls have come back from their long visit in the Tampa, Florida area. We did go to the Jersey shore for a week and discovered a very small, very loud Florida frog in the trailer. Marge located him and took him outside and he is now on his own. Some car problems with our 1970 Ford station wagon, house and home projects; the miscellany of life in suburbia. I am looking forward to some business trips and school for the girls will soon begin. Continue reading →

March surely did go out like a lion this year. We had about an inch of snow on March 31, but it didn’t last long. The snow flakes were big and wet, came down hard for a few hours and … Continue reading →

Spring is springing, a young man’s thoughts turn to Love, and a middle-aged man thinks about his trailer. March 74 certainly came in very lamb-like. I was sick again in February with the flu, more severe in February than January. … Continue reading →

Here we are again, now in 1974. I didn’t get around to writing until the end of the month for some unknown reason now, probably the Christmas rush, celebrations, etc. One of our Christmas day rituals was turning the house … Continue reading →

The Date: August 15, 1973. The Place: Coopersburg, PA. August here is usually hot and muggy, this day being no exception. Not like NY where we could get by with large window fans and we are so thankful this house … Continue reading →

I am shameless in appropriating titles, though we did in fact have great expectations for our first trailer vacation. The time was April 1973 just preceding Easter of that year. We made a trial trip to Lancaster PA to get an actual … Continue reading →

Apologies to Jack Kerouac but I couldn’t resist. Marge and I have discussed buying a travel trailer. Really, it was my idea but of course it was a joint decision to make. I have no idea why, it just seemed … Continue reading →

“MY GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK” Words and Lyrics Henry Clay Work “My grandfather’s clock was too large for the shelf, So it stood ninety years on the floor; It was taller by half than the old man himself, Though it weighed not … Continue reading →

Early Fall had arrived to Syracuse in September 1957. Roy and I had settled in to our room at the Infirmary, and were walking on a Friday evening. We had left the infirmary on Waverly, walked east and turned south on … Continue reading →

So, what next to share? No war stories to tell, and really that is just as well as there was no war. I believe I have already mentioned that there were a few deaths of pilots on training missions. … Continue reading →

“I found this tonight and somehow I wanted you to know what it says. It is very lovely. I love you very much. EBB says it much better than I can, although she spoke to a different “Robert” 1959 begins … Continue reading →

It was a dark and stormy night. All right, not stormy, but certainly dark. Nothing too dramatic this term. Marge and I had become quite attached to each other and we often went for little drives just to be together. … Continue reading →

Welcome to Lake Placid, NY home of two winter Olympics. Lake Placid is a really nice place in summer. Pleasant days and the evenings are usually cool enough to wear a light jacket. Winter’s a different story with below zero days even … Continue reading →

There used to be a ballad with the name of Sentimental Journey. As in any journey it has to begin somewhere and, naturally, this begins on the campus of Syracuse University. I enclose a plan map of S.U. that I … Continue reading →

Marge and I being married in 1960

Marge’s 1961 birthday photo

Slideshows

I have removed these fingernail slideshows and replaced them with a separate slideshow post. You can access it by clicking on the link at the bottom of each subsequent posts.

I am now placing the most recent slideshow at the top in reverse chronological order. I can't easily re-do that for the few already posted, but this method should be more user friendly. I usually limit a single show to 25 or less images.

ENTER EMAIL TO BEGIN FOLLOWING BLOG VIA EMAIL

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.